Bologna Prediction – Can Bologna extend winning streak?

Bologna opened their account with a point away from home with a 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona to start their new Serie A season off with a decent result on the road, but they’ll be looking to pick up where they left off last season when they play their opening home match of the season on Friday night against SPAL.

The hosts finished last season in strong fashion on home turf at their Stadio Renato Dall’Ara as Bologna strung together an impressive 7-match winning sequence which included notable wins over Sampdoria 3-0 and most of all, a 3-2 victory over 2nd placed Napoli.

This impressive end to their season at home saw Bologna score a total of 20 goals and concede just 5 in reply during this 7-match run, while their overall home record finished up on 9-4-6 28/22, but manager Sinisa Mihajlovic will be wanting greater consistency at home this season.

The hosts will be looking once again to forwards Santander and Orsalini (who each scored 8 goals in the last Serie A campaign), to get them off to a good start in this opening home fixture of their Italian top flight season.

SPAL Prediction – Can SPAL end losing sequence?

Unfortunately, SPAL also picked up this new campaign where they left off last term when they suffered an opening day 3-2 defeat at home to Atalanta at their Stadio Paolo Mazza last weekend, so they’ll be keen to avoid another loss at Bologna on Friday night.

However, that defeat to Atalanta became SPAL’s fourth defeat on the trot as three defeats on the bounce at the end of last season have carried forward into this term following defeats to Napoli, Udinese and AC Milan.

Indeed, SPAL ended their last campaign with just 1 win out of their final 6 matches in the Italian top flight, which was a 4-0 win away from home at rock-bottom Chievo who were eventually relegated from Serie A at the end of last season.

Results away from home last season were very hit-and-miss for SPAL as they finished up with an overall inconsistent looking away record of 6-2-11 24/30 and just 4 wins out of their last 13 away matches in Serie A.

Key-Facts – Bologna v SPAL

Bologna have won their last 7 home matches on the trot in Serie A

Bologna scored a total of 20 goals during this impressive 7-match spell

SPAL managed just 4 wins out of their last 13 away matches in Serie A

Betting Tips Verdict

Bologna’s momentum last season will give them confidence here and they should grab the points against an inconsistent SPAL outfit on Friday night.

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